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This is the Petaurista yunnanensis, Anders, of Bonhote's paper on 

 Dr. Vassal's Annam Mammals*, bnt is distinguished from Ander- 

 son's species by its whitish mnzz;le and white speckled crown and 

 nape ; also by its shorter and poorer fur. A Flying Squirrel from 

 Songen, Bienhoa Province, Lower Cochin China, collected by 

 Pierre, also appears to belong to this species. 



Petaurista taylori, sp. n. 



General appearance of P. annamensis, but tail dirtj^ whitish as in 

 P. candidulus. 



Size about as in P. candidulus. Pur shorter and coarser than in 

 that species ; hairs of back about 28 — 30 mm. in length. General 

 colour above deep rich rufous, as in annamensis, the dorsal area 

 speckled with white, but to an even less extent than in that anima., 

 the speckling being confined to the region from withers to rump. 

 Muzzle and cheeks hoary grey, the bases of the hairs grey-brown, 

 the tips white. Crown rufous, speckled with white, the speckling 

 not extending back on to the nape. Ears with their proectote 

 white, their nietectote and a large patch behind them prominently 

 black. Edges of interfemoral membrane black. Tail with its basal 

 fourth dull ferruginotis washed with black, then drabby washed with 

 white, the extreme tip black. 



No measin-ements available, but size apparently as in candAduhis 

 and annamensis. 



Habitat. — Southern Tenasserim. Type from near Bankasun. 

 Type. — Adult skin without skull . B .M. No. 1 4. 1 2 . 1 .5 . Original 

 number 4590. Obtained as a skin by G. C. Shortridge. Presented 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



This Flying Squirrel is related to both P. candidulus of Upper 

 Burma and P. annamensis of Annam and Cochin China, differing 

 from the first by its less profuse white speckling and its black ear 

 patch, and from the second by its whitish tail. Quite possibly all 

 three will hereafter be considered as local sub-species of a single form, 

 but without further material such linking-tip would be premature. 



At Mr. Shortridge's suggestion I have named this handsome 

 animal in honour of Mr. J. A. Taylor, Manager of the Tenasserim 

 River Rubber Estate, from whom much help has been received in 

 forwarding the objects of the Survej^. 



* P. Z. S., 1907, p. 8. 



